Resources
Translations | No último minuto (‘In the last minute’)
Feb 25 | In honor of the recently concluded Carnaval, we publish a translation of a 1978 short story by Brazilian author Sérgio Sant’Anna. The goalkeeper’s anxiety and his separation from fellows—motifs in football fiction—figure large: “The stadium explodes and I feel my own head bursting apart. … I hear and see all that, but it’s like everything is very far away, without any relation to me.”
Classroom resources | Playing a ‘cascarita’ with words
Inspired by poetry and stories about soccer, students of all ages might enjoy a cascarita—an informal, improvised game—with words instead of a football. (Jan 6)
Translations | How ‘newspapers’ become ‘body bags’ when translating the global game
The Global Game: Writers on Soccer translates from languages such as Slovenian, Farsi and Danish (as well as French, Spanish, Portuguese and numerous others), but, most important, it translates cultural practice from regions that regard soccer as a constituent element of everyday life. Thus, in chapter 12, the Argentine idiom ¡Tapalo con los diarios! becomes “Get him a body bag!” (Nov 25)
Introduction | The world’s game as America’s game
An introduction to The Global Game: Writers on Soccer, the first anthology of soccer writing produced for a North American audience. Taking a cue from Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin (left), what do we talk about when we talk about soccer?
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- China | ‘Penalty Phase,’ by Gay Talese (chapter 43)
- Ukraine | ‘The Dynamo Team,’ by Anatoly Kuznetsov (chapter 38)
- Translations | No último minuto (‘In the last minute’)
- Classroom resources | Playing a ‘cascarita’ with words
- The Writers’ League | Israeli trophy leads to ‘emptiness of the day after’
- The Writers’ League | For 3 days in Tel Aviv, football becomes more than metaphor
- Translations | How ‘newspapers’ become ‘body bags’ when translating the global game
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